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===Word creation===
===Word creation===
A word in germian is created by looking at the word equivalents for it in English, German, Dutch and Swedish to then find the most prominant phonological features within these word equivalents. Then these features are used to create a word in accordance to germian phonology and orthography. Sometimes it is clear that these language's word equivalents are very much the same and can be translated very phonologically; with cat /kæt/ in English, Katze /katzɛ
A word in germian is created by looking at the equivalent word for it in English, German, Dutch and Swedish to then find the most prominant phonological features within these word equivalents. Then these features are used to create a word in accordance to germian phonology and orthography. Sometimes it is clear that these language's word equivalents are very much the same and can be translated very phonologically; with cat /kæt/ in English, Katze /katzɛ
/ in German, kat /kat/ in Dutch and katt /kat/ in Swedish, it becomes kat /kat/ in Germian.
/ in German, kat /kat/ in Dutch and katt /kat/ in Swedish, it becomes kat /kat/ in Germian.


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